The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.03%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.54% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (per the 2007 Peru Census).[3]
^escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region)
^inei.gob.peArchived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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